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Smokey and the Bandit

A smash hit in its day, this marvellously good-natured chase movie features Burt Reynolds as the inimitable, beer trucking "Bandit", outpacing sheriff Jackie Gleason ("Smokey") from state to state by way of a variety of spectacular stunts. Though as much a platform for Coors beer as for stuntman-turned-director Hal Needham, the movie benefits greatly from the real-life, as well as on-screen, sexual chemistry between Reynolds and his vivacious co-star Sally Field. Though it spawned several sequels, none captured the freshness and charm of this terrific original.

Plot Summary

Comedy starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason. Bandit is a maverick driver who never refuses a challenge, and no cop - or "smokey" - is going to stop him. However, Sheriff Buford T Justice has other ideas, and the chase is on as the Bandit and his friends try to get a truckload of illicit beer from Texarkana, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia.